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Patterns Of Dissent: The Reform Ideas And Activities Of George D. Herron, Herbert R. Dieterich
Patterns Of Dissent: The Reform Ideas And Activities Of George D. Herron, Herbert R. Dieterich
American Studies ETDs
The search of George D. Herron for a means which might lead mankind to a better life was an important one in the current of American reform between 1890 and 1920. Herron--clergyman, socialist, and diplomat--has figured in recent studies of Protestant Christianity and reform in post-Civil War industrial America. His impact on Protestant theology in the 1890's is the subject of a more specialized study; in it, Professor Robert Handy of Union Theological Seminary states that Herron's "Kingdom Movement" was the "single most important phase" of social gospel history during the nineties.
Charles Austin Beard: A Free Spirit 1874-1919, Paul Lynn Schmunk
Charles Austin Beard: A Free Spirit 1874-1919, Paul Lynn Schmunk
American Studies ETDs
The biography which follows, the first part of a projected three-volume work, will cover the years from 1874 to 1919, the end of Beard's formal teaching career. During this period, starting in 1900, he wrote more than fifteen books and a hundred book reviews, besides numerous pamphlets and articles. More than ten million of his books have been sold, some of them abroad, and they are still being reprinted. Eventually he became the president of both the American Political Science Association and the American Historical Association, and in 1948 the National Institute of Arts and Letters recognized his life's work …